Unruly students drive teachers away, says TUI

UNDISCIPLINED students are driving teachers out of their jobs, the annual conference of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) was told yesterday.

Speaking in Ennis, Co Clare, Tony Deffley of Co Mayo told delegates some children are making lives difficult for teachers.

Mr Deffley claimed there seemed to be an attitude in the Department of Education under the legislation to “shove them into the school, lock the doors, keep them in there and the teachers will sort them out.”